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PNS Daily Newscast - May 24, 2019

President Trump's reported to be ready to sign disaster relief bill without money for border security. Also on the Friday rundown: House bills would give millions a path to citizenship; and remembering California’s second-deadliest disaster.

"And then there are people who live in immigrant households who may be indirectly impacted because somebody else in their household is not able to obtain a green card, or because their family members dropped themselves out – or their children out – of public benefits due to fear and confusion over the rules," she adds.

A report from the North Carolina Justice Center says more than 170,000 children live in a family with at least one non-citizen.

Since the changes were announced, Angeline Echeverría, executive director of the immigrant advocacy group El Pueblo, says her organization has seen declining involvement in food and nutrition programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

"So we're actually already seeing a negative impact of this rule, even though it's only been proposed it's been covered widely in immigrant media outlets, and so community members know that this change is coming and already staying home," she states.

Nationwide, an estimated 25 percent of children live in a family with an immigrant parent, and nearly 86 percent of these children are citizens.

Although the impacts already are being felt in immigrant communities, Echeverria says this is only a proposal that hasn't gone into effect yet and the federal government is asking for public comments through Dec. 10.

"This proposed rule will keep community members from accessing services,” she points out. “If they hope to become a legal permanent resident they will be less likely to seek services that they are actually eligible for and that their family is eligible for."

Experts say the proposed "public charge" would contribute to more uninsured and negatively affect the healthy development of children.